North Texas Football Team History
North Texas Mean Green
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Founded: 1890 Stadium: Fouts Field Capacity: 30,500 Colors: Green & White Coach: Hayden Fry Conference: Independent-
1976 Season Highlights
Hayden Fry enters his 4th season as Head Coach at North Texas.
1976 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 4 @
Mississippi State
0
7
#Won
Sat., Sep. 11 vs. Texas-Arlington
24
7
W
Sat., Sep. 18 @
Texas
14
17
L
Sat., Sep. 25 @
Southern Methodist
31
38
L
@ Irving, TX
Sat., Oct. 2 @
Oklahoma State
10
16
L
Sat., Oct. 9 @ Cal Poly-Pomona
21
10
W
Sat., Oct. 16 @ West Texas A&M
10
7
W
Sat., Oct. 23 @
New Mexico State
25
14
W
Sat., Oct. 30 @
Louisiana Tech
14
8
W
@ Shreveport, LA
Sat., Nov. 13 vs.
Florida State
20
21
L
Sat., Nov. 20 vs. Drake
63
0
W
1976 Season Totals
Record 7-4
Points Scored 232
Scoring Average 21.1
Points Allowed 145
Defense Average 13.2
Opponents Record 41-35
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 2-1
Away Record 5-3
1976 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1976 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1976 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.